Energy Resource Management Model in a Hotel Building Using a Web Platform

Distributed generation and demand response have
been fostered in the last years, sometimes less than desired. In
fact, these energy resources, which have a distributed nature
have been mostly applied and discussed in the wide view of the
operation and planning of the distribution system. However, a
great potential is now being explored in the scope of buildings
energy management. In the present paper, an energy resource
management model has been implemented in order to be
integrated with a web platform that supports the customer
information concerning energy usage. The model can be used for
several kinds of buildings. A hotel building is focused in this
paper, namely in the case study that discusses the use of each
resource, including photovoltaic generation and demand
response.